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Ethanol Mandate Drives Up Food Prices, Hurts Restaurants
2013-06-27 11:47:00| Beef
A new study by PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) shows the effect that the Renewable Fuels Standard has on food costs for chain restaurants. The study found that total costs increase by as much as $2.5 billion for quick-service restaurants, or 10%; and full-service restaurants see costs increase buy up to $691 million, or nearly 9%. read more
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4th Global Ethanol Focus 2013 Will Be Held On September 4-5 In Singapore
2013-06-27 11:00:00| chemicalonline Home Page
Global ethanol market in 2013 experienced a great change. Ethanol in fuel blend increased from 20% to 25% in Brazil, while US ethanol production gradually recovered from the drought. In Asia, 10% ethanol-blended 91 RON gasoline drew Thai producers’ interests back to meet the domestic demand. Meanwhile, coal-based ethanol in China witnessed a growth, holding potential for future expansion
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EPA E15 Ethanol Rules Will Stay in Place
2013-06-27 09:00:42| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
The Supreme Court says it will not hear appeals from trade groups opposed to E15 gasoline, thus the EPA governing rules will stand. Get the latest opinion about the Courts response. [More]The Article EPA E15 Ethanol Rules Will Stay in Place appeared first on Automotive Digest.
Beyond Ethanol: Drop-In Biofuels Squeeze Gasoline From Plants
2013-06-26 18:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Cut southern yellow pine trees are stacked up outside the first commercial cellulosic biorefinery, KiOR's plant in Mississippi. The wood that once fed paper mills will be chipped up, as seen below, and converted directly into gasoline and diesel fuel in a process its advocates say will be more sustainable than corn ethanol. Fred Cannon was working at a Dutch chemical company when he had a conversation with a chemist about the movie Back to the Future-in particular, the scene near the end in which...
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Ethanol Conversion Gets Boost
2013-06-20 06:00:00| Chemical Processing
Bio-based butanol is attracting increasing interest as an alternative to ethanol for blending with gasoline. Butanol provides more energy per gallon and avoids ethanol's corrosiveness and water absorption problems. Existing plants that transform renewable feedstocks into ethanol by fermentation can be modified to make butanol instead but this can be costly.
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